Current Issues in Museum Management Seminar: Strategy and Skills-building

October 1-4, 2008 Seattle, WA

In collaboration with the AAM Museum Management Committee (MMC)

“This was an excellent opportunity to meet colleagues and share ideas. Nice - well thought out conference. The smaller group and fewer sessions provided better interaction among participants and staff.”— 2007 Museum Management seminar participant

Description   Who Should Attend   How Will I Benefit?   Venue   Agenda   Speakers   Registration   Fellowships   CIMM 08 Forum Online   Hotel   Travel   Questions

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Description
Join your colleagues in this focused, interactive seminar designed to help you develop your management skills in strategic institutional planning and execution, effective decision-making, conflict resolution, understanding team dynamics, managing across generations, HR and finance essentials, and museum-related legal updates. Workshops, practical sessions, case studies, interactive exercises, intensive small group discussions and networking opportunities will foster skills development, relationship-building and peer-to-peer exchange of ideas.

Who Should Attend
CIMM 08 is designed for museum professionals working in management level positions in all departments and functional areas – from curators to educators to directors to HR managers.This program is especially designed for new and mid-level managers who may be new to managing people, projects or institutional planning and unfamiliar with effective communication strategies. Museum trustees and board members interested in achieving the continuous improvement of their institutions will also benefit from participation.

How Will I Benefit from the Seminar?
After participating in CIMM 08, you’ll be better able to:

• Build your management knowledge and skills in strategic institutional planning and execution
• Address and respond to issues that arise in conflict situations
• Identify and build on strengths and growth opportunities inherent in cross-functional teams
• Increase alignment behind new initiatives by maximizing gains and minimizing losses from group dynamics and cross-generational communication
• Foster a culture of increased accountability within your institution  

Emerging museum professionals (EMPs) will benefit by:

• Networking and sharing experiences with mid-career and senior level museum professionals in a focused, small-scale collegial environment
• Building leadership knowledge and skills, especially if you’re new to a management position

Mid-career professionals will benefit by:

• Enhancing your management skills and strategies, especially in making effective decisions, dealing with team dynamics and managing conflict resolution
• Sharing ideas and strategies with other mid-level and senior-level museum professionals

Executive-level professionals will benefit by:

• Building on your leadership knowledge and skills in strategic institutional planning and execution, increasing alignment behind new initiatives and building strategies for increased accountability within your institution
• Sharing insight and experiences with your peers and with emerging and mid-career leaders in a collegial environment, fostering a positive culture of leadership for your institution and the field

Venue
CIMM 08 will be held in beautiful downtown Seattle at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 1113 6th Ave. The hotel is within easy walking distance to the Seattle Art Museum, Pike Place Market, the Seattle Center and more!

Preliminary Agenda (subject to change)
Click here for the preliminary agenda.

This year’s topics include:

• HR Boot Camp
  (1/2 day morning workshop on Wednesday, October 1)
• Finance Boot Camp
  (1/2 day afternoon workshop on Wednesday, October 1)  
• Legal Updates
• Strategic Institutional Planning and Execution
• Decision Making
• Conflict Resolution
• Team Dynamics
• Communicating Across Generations

Speakers
For speaker profiles click here.

• Mark W. Berry, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Seattle, WA
• Betty Brewer, President and CEO, Minnetrista, Muncie, IN
• Ralph Bufano, Principal, Bufano Management Company, Mercer Island, WA (current interim director, Pilchuck Glass School; former director, Museum of Flight, Seattle, WA
• Ellen Corradini, Director of Human Resources, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
• Walter L. Crimm, AIA, LEED AP, Vice President, Cultural Design Group, Ewing Cole, Philadelphia, PA   
• John Durel, Organizational Consultant and Leadership Coach, Qm2/Durel Consulting Partners, Baltimore, MD
• Gary Ford, Management Consultant, GLFord Consulting, Seattle, WA
• D. Lynn McRainey, Elizabeth F. Cheney Director of Education, Chicago History Museum, Chicago, IL
• Charlotte A. Montgomery, CPA, Director of Resource Allocation, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL 
• Jane Piasecki, Chief Financial Officer, Laguna Playhouse, Laguna Beach, CA
• John Russick, Senior Curator, Chicago History Museum, Chicago, IL
• Greg Stevens, Assistant Director, Professional Education, American Association of Museums, Washington, DC 

Registration
$325 AAM member
$425 non-member

Workshop Registration
$50 each 1/2 day workshop (or $75/both*)
Individuals interested in the pre-seminar workshops but are not registered attendees of the full seminar may apply. However, preference will be given to seminar attendees.
*Note: $75 rate available only to full seminar registrants

Three Ways To Save
1) Register online by August 1 and save $25 on individual registrations.*
2) Group Discount: Register more than one person from your museum and save $25/registration.* Registrations must be faxed in together.
3) Apply for a fellowship

*Registration discounts cannot be combined.

Full seminar registration includes participation in sessions, handout materials (through the CIMM08 Forum online, see below), evening reception on Thursday, lunch on Friday and daily breaks. Registration closes on Friday, Sept. 5, 2008. Requests for refunds must be received in writing by September 5. No refunds will be given after that date.

Register online or complete the registration form and fax it to AAM Professional Education at (202) 289-6578. Or mail it with full payment to AAM Professional Education, 1575 Eye St. N.W., Suite 400, Washington, DC 20005-1105.

CIMM 08 Forum Online
Click here to go directly to the forum. The CIMM 08 seminar experience will be extended using a CIMM 08 Forum on the AAM website, exclusively for registrants and presenters. This online community is a new AAM website feature which allows participants and presenters to communicate with each other before, during, and after the seminar, to share and/or access resources, and to continue building relationships beyond the seminar itself. The forum is also where AAM will post all handouts and other resources in advance of the seminar, so that registered attendees will be able to download the materials that are the most useful to them. In this way, we save on printing and shipping costs, thus helping to keep program costs low. And of course, we help save a few trees. Please note that full (hardcopy) seminar sourcebooks will not be available on site.

Fellowship Opportunities 
The Small Museum Administrators Committee (SMAC-AAM) is pleased to announce the recipient of the SMAC-AAM Fellowship for the 2008 Current Issues in Museum Management Seminar.

• Jerrie Clarke, Director, Sheldon Museum, Haines, AK

The AAM Emerging Museum Professional (EMP) group is pleased to announce the recipients of the EMP Fellowship for the 2008 Current Issues in Museum Management Seminar. They are:

• Megan Callewaert, Collections Coordinator, Edsel & Eleanor Ford House, Grosse Pointe Shores, MI
• Kate Pittman, Special Projects Manager, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA
• Kristie Sheppard, Executive Director, Napa County Historical Society, Petaluma, CA

The Museum Management Committee (MMC) is pleased to announce the recipients of the MMC Fellowship for the 2008 Current Issues in Museum Management Seminar. They are:

• Jennifer Price, Site Manager, Caddoan Mounds State Historic Site, Alto, TX
• Sandra Shipley, Chief of Staff and VP of Exhibits, Cincinnati Museum Center, Cincinnati, OH

Hotel
Our host hotel is the Seattle Crowne Plaza, 1113 6th Ave, which is offering a special rate of $169 per night (deluxe single/double occupancy, plus applicable taxes). For reservations, please call (888) 233-9527 or make your reservations online. Be sure to identify yourself as an American Association of Museums seminar participant to receive the special negotiated rate. Reservations must be made by Friday, Sept. 5, 2008. All reservations must be guaranteed with a first night room deposit or guaranteed with a major credit card. Reservations are subject to a 72-hour cancellation fee. Reservations must cancel prior to 72 hours of arrival date or one night's room and tax will be charged. Reservations made after Friday, Sept. 5, 2008 will be offered on a space-and-rate-available basis.

Travel
Association Travel Concepts (ATC), the AAM official travel agency, can help with your travel plans. ATC guarantees the lowest airfare available for all airlines at the time of booking. When making reservations with ATC, identify yourself as a participant in the “AAM Museum Management” seminar. For reservations, call (800) 278-1140, Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. (EST).

Questions
Or special needs? Contact AAM Professional Education Program staff at (202) 289-9114.